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Osbornoceros
Temporal range: Late Miocene
An artist's illustration of Osbornoceros osborni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Antilocapridae
Genus: Osbornoceros
Frick, 1937
Species: O. osborni
Binomial name
Osbornoceros osborni
Frick, 1937

Osbornoceros is an extinct genus of artiodactyl from late Miocene New Mexico, USA.

Classification[]

The genus is an even-toed ungulate housed in the family Antilocapridae. It is a sister genus to the extinct Proantilocapra in the tribe Proantilocaprini. The closest extant relative of Osbornoceros is the Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).